Naomi Campbell leaves Brazil hospital

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - British supermodel Naomi Campbell
left a Brazilian hospital on Friday, five days after she was
rushed in for surgery, the hospital said.

"The patient has recovered well from her surgery," the
Hospital Sirio-Libanes said in a statement.

Dr. Jose Aristodemo Pinotti, the Brazilian surgeon who
attended to Campbell, was quoted by Globo news as saying he had
given her permission to leave but recommended she stay in
Brazil resting before resuming work.

The hospital said Campbell, 37, was admitted on Sunday
although her spokesman in Los Angeles said earlier she went in
on Monday.

The spokesman said she had a cyst removed. Pinotti told
Folha de S.Paulo newspaper on Friday that the model did not
have a cyst but declined to specify what she was treated for.

"When a patient asks for discretion, be it Naomi or just
plain Maria, I respect their wishes," he told the newspaper.

Campbell often visits Brazil, where she has been known to
show up at Carnival festivities and is frequently photographed
at parties with Brazilian celebrities.

British newspapers reported last week that she had become
engaged to Marcus Elias, a 49-year-old Brazilian financier,
after meeting him at a fashion party in Sao Paulo earlier in
February.

Brazilian media said Elias was frequent visitor to her
bedside during her stay in the hospital.